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Founded in 1989, Riverside Partners is a private equity firm that invests in leading healthcare and technology companies based in North America, with a particular focus on companies that are founder- and family-owned. Our goal is to partner with companies to add significant value while allowing owners to reach their personal financial and professional goals.
Throughout its history, Riverside has focused on healthcare and technology companies. Riverside targets the healthcare and technology sectors because they are large and growing markets and have favorable long-term growth trends. Within these sectors, Riverside invests in companies that have differentiated and proven products, diversified and loyal customer bases, and strong profit growth potential. Riverside’s Investment and Operating Partners have a deep-seated understanding of, and extensive relationships within, the healthcare and technology industries. This sector focus aids in identifying and executing internal growth opportunities and potential acquisition candidates. We believe the depth and experience of our team are critical components of our ability to improve the performance and accelerate the growth of our portfolio companies.
Riverside specializes in customizing transactions to meet the particular needs of founder- and family-owned firms. We work closely with owners to satisfy their personal and business objectives and we have developed expertise in a wide variety of transaction structures to meet those needs. These objectives can range from providing liquidity for estate planning, helping with management succession and development, and maximizing value through retained equity. Our goal is to accelerate the growth of our investments while meeting the personal financial needs of founder- and family-owned companies.
Riverside believes our work only begins the day we make an investment, not ends. As such, we aim to partner with owners to maximize value after the investment. By serving as active board members and providing resources for the company, we become a value-added partner to management teams. Furthermore, we seek to accelerate growth. Usually, that growth is driven by a combination of strategic add-on acquisitions and / or organic growth initiatives. We believe that Riverside’s healthcare and technology expertise helps us to work with management to find the optimal growth strategy, and then provides critical access to the resources and relationships necessary to execute that strategy.
"Over the last several years I have been approached by several large instrument companies, but never received an offer that worked for me and served the best interests of MicroCal. Riverside Partners was able to structure a transaction to fit. With my estate planning in place, I look forward to working with Riverside and participating in MicroCal's future."
– John Brandts, Ph.D
MicroCal Founder